Epping Police: Manchester driver fell asleep before crash

April 30. 2014 9:25PMEPPING — A Manchester man escaped injury Wednesday when he apparently fell asleep while driving and hit a guardrail, causing his Jeep to roll over, New Hampshire State Police said in a release.

Brian Dodge, 24, was heading west on Route 101 in Epping about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday when the accident happened. Both westbound travel lanes and a breakdown lane were closed for more than an hour Wednesday evening, leaving one breakdown lane for evening traffic, police said.